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May 22nd, 2013
Lisa Wynn’s work on the campaign trail finally ended on Tuesday night. Now the alderman-elect will begin a new kind of work.
Wynn defeated incumbent Sandra Sistrunk by a 209-189 margin Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for Starkville’s Ward 2 alderman after absentee and paper ballots were counted, making the 18 affidavit ballots cast essentially moot.
May 21st
Haley Montgomery saw teachable moments in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," and not just for her children.
Sunday's planned city-wide power outage put Starkville one step closer to completing a $20 million transmission project for adding a second power source.
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors approved at Monday’s meeting a lease to grant county-owned portions of the Oktibbeha County Lake to former Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury and John Barnett.
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Starkville Board of Aldermen will hear the city's 2012 audit report during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall and discuss how to deal with an audit finding related to a Parks Commission project.
May 19th
By MARY GARRISON
news@starkvilledailynews.com
The first quarter of sales tax collection figures in Starkville indicates a steady increase in revenue for 2013.
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By JAMIE ALLEN
Special to Starkville Daily News
On a snowy winter day in January 1973, the move was made from the former Felix Long Memorial Hospital to another small facility in Oktibbeha County on land donated by the families of J.T. Garrard and Curby Steadman.
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May 17th
By ALEX HOLLOWAY
reporter@starkvilledailynews.com
The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld on Thursday a death penalty sentence issued to Bobby Batiste for the convicted murder of his roommate at 21 Apartments near Mississippi State University.
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SDN staff
Starkville Police Department continues to investigate a reported robbery from Thursday afternoon that occurred at the Cash Till on Louisville Street.
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Editor’s note: In Wednesday’s edition, Starkville Daily News did not include the names of 16 Starkville High School seniors who will graduate with highest honors.
SDN staff
Starkville High School announced this week 16 seniors who will graduate with highest honors.
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